30 Days of Praise & Thanksgiving

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17

5. I am thankful that my brother is cancer free. Today is his birthday!

6. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well." Psalm 139:14 Today is my birthday. So I am also thankful that I had so many wonderful birthday blessings today.

7. I'm thankful for the deep and rich Godly heritage I have in my family. Many generations have put their faith and trust in Lord. I love my family so very much.

8. "Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness." Psalm 97:12

9. I am thankful for my warm home.

10. “But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” II Cor. 15:57

11. I am thankful for my creative, loving, precious daughters. They are a truly wonderful gift.

12.“By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to His name.” Hebrews 13:15

13. I am thankful for my church family.

14. “Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.” Psalm 30:4

15. I am thankful for the health of my family.

16. “Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!” I Chronicles 16:8

Agent: Chores

Agent: Chores is an awesome way to get your little agents excited about doing their chores/jobs!

30 Days of Praise & Thanksgiving

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17

5. I am thankful that my brother is cancer free. Today is his birthday!

6. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well." Psalm 139:14 Today is my birthday. So I am also thankful that I had so many wonderful birthday blessings today.

7. I'm thankful for the deep and rich Godly heritage I have in my family. Many generations have put their faith and trust in Lord. I love my family so very much.

8. "Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness." Psalm 97:12

9. I am thankful for my warm home.

10. “But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” II Cor. 15:57

11. I am thankful for my creative, loving, precious daughters. They are a truly wonderful gift.

12.“By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to His name.” Hebrews 13:15

13. I am thankful for my church family.

14. “Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.” Psalm 30:4

15. I am thankful for the health of my family.

30 Days of Praise & Thanksgiving

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.
2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1
3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.
4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17
5. I am thankful that my brother is cancer free. Today is his birthday!
6. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well." Psalm 139:14 Today is my birthday. So I am also thankful that I had so many wonderful birthday blessings today.
7. I'm thankful for the deep and rich Godly heritage I have in my family. Many generations have put their faith and trust in Lord. I love my family so very much.
8. "Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness." Psalm 97:12
9. I am thankful for my warm home.
10. “But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” II Cor. 15:57
11. I am thankful for my creative, loving, precious daughters. They are a truly wonderful gift.
12. “By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to His name.” Hebrews 13:15

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My Birthday

Better late than never right?

I spent my birthday with my family at Queen Wilhelmina State Park & Lodge.

We went hiking and ate at the lodge. It was a gorgeous day!

30 Days of Praise & Thanksgiving

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17

5. I am thankful that my brother is cancer free. Today is his birthday!

6. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well." Psalm 139:14 Today is my birthday. So I am also thankful that I had so many wonderful birthday blessings today.

7. I'm thankful for the deep and rich Godly heritage I have in my family. Many generations have put their faith and trust in Lord. I love my family so very much.

8. "Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness." Psalm 97:12

9. I am thankful for my warm home.

10. But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. II Cor. 15:57

11. I am thankful for my creative, loving, precious daughters. They are a truly wonderful gift.

30 Days of Praise & Thanksgiving

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17

5. I am thankful that my brother is cancer free. Today is his birthday!

6. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well." Psalm 139:14 Today is my birthday. So I am also thankful that I had so many wonderful birthday blessings today.

7. I'm thankful for the deep and rich Godly heritage I have in my family. Many generations have put their faith and trust in Lord. I love my family so very much.

8. "Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness." Psalm 97:12

9. I am thankful for my warm home.

30 Days of Praise & Thanksgiving

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17

5. I am thankful that my brother is cancer free. Today is his birthday!

6. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well." Psalm 139:14 Today is my birthday. So I am also thankful that I had so many wonderful birthday blessings today.

7. I'm thankful for the deep and rich Godly heritage I have in my family. Many generations have put their faith and trust in Lord. I love my family so very much.

30 Days of Praise & Thanksgiving

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17

5. I am thankful that my brother is cancer free. Today is his birthday!

6. "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well." Psalm 139:14 Today is my birthday. So I am also thankful that I had so many wonderful birthday blessings today.

30 days of Praise & Thanksgiving

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17

5. I am thankful that my brother is cancer free. Today is his birthday!

Far Above Rubies

Emilie completed most of unit 6, still will have a few more archery lessons, carving a canoe, notebooking states, and Texas history. Notebooking the states and Texas History will be a year long project. She has moved on to unit 5. She seems to have an interest in the nursing projects, but if you ask her she will say she doesn't want to be a nurse. I"m okay with that.

I'd really like her to blog about her lessons. I think "Educating Emilie" is a cute name for a blog, but she doesn't have an interest in that, which is strange since she loves being on the computer.

She says she can't remember what she is suppose to be learning/reading; I know I'd get the same response if

she was in PS so I'm not that worried. Although I am having her do more reports, notebooking/scrapbooking for this unit.

She has become much more self directed and is very conscientious and diligent to work in each subject area everyday.

30 Days of Praise and Thanksgiving

"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I am thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

4. "I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high." Psalm 7:17

The Soul of Spiderman

We are fans of Spiderman movies in our home. The Soul of Spiderman is a great book to pull out and discuss scenes form the movies with your kids. Also is a super easy daily devotional for Spiderman fans. If child has watched the movies they are old enough for this book. I thin kit would be great for a boys sunday school class, Youth group messages, combined with a youth group movie night.

I'd like to thank Regal for provide this book in exchange for my honest review.

The Rewards of Simplicity

I think the message of simplifying our lives is very needed in society today. I really tried to give this book a chance, going back again and again to read it, but it never got any better. This book is slow, wordy and didn't keep my interest. I can not recommend it.

I'd like to thank Bethany House for providing this book in exchange for my honest review.

30 Days of Praise and Thanksgiving

"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

1. I'm thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."Psalm 107:1

3. I'm thankful that I live in America, where I can participate in free elections.

What Happens When an Ordinary Girl Meets an Extraordinary God

Paperdoll has a great message needed for girls and women of all ages. "Jesus never taught that our worth as a woman is based on our background, our education, our race, our martial statue, our appearance, or our career. We are worthy simply and amazingly because of Him. And in Psalm 45:1, God tells us He's enthralled with our beauty."

(your beauty) " encompasses the internal and the external-your heart, your imagination, your emotion, your intellect, your compassion, and your sincerity. He happens to think you're beautiful, worth saving and worth loving."

I love Ms. Lloyd's message, my only negative comment is she is very wordy to make her points which makes the book drag.

I'd like to thank Regal for providing me book to review in exchange for my honest review.

New Girl In Town-Nancy Rue for Teens

Mrs. Rue enters high school and explores bullying to the extreme, teen depression, and the need to fit in.

Main character Laura moved to a new city, starts a new school and feels completely alone and out of place. This book was a real tear jerker for me because I experienced many of the same feelings when I was in high school 25 years ago.

I don't think adults realize the stress teens deal with and the devastating effects it has on young people, emotionally, physically and spiritually. New Girl in Town delves into these dark areas that adults tend to ignore in themselves and in their teens.

New Girl in Town is a book for high school age girls as it touches on more grown up themes. I'd like to continue the series to see if I'm right in who I believe Laura's secret admirer is and how the girls in "group" open. bond, and develop their friendship.

I'd like to thank Zondervan for providing this book for my personal and honest review.

30 Days of Praise & Thanksgiving

"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name." Ps 100:4

Okay I meant to start this yesterday, so I'll do two today.

1. I'm thankful for my faithful husband.

2. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

Menu Plan

Jerk Chicken Nachos by Emilie and Olivia

Tacos

Spaghetti

something with Chicken

Pizza

Daily Prayer

Lord, let me be kind, loving, softhearted, warm, interested, affirming, affectionate, involved, strong, consistent, dependable, verbally communicative, understanding and patient towards my husband and children. Thank you Lord that by the Holy spirit I can do all things.
Amen

Digital Nature Scavenger Hunt

The fall weather has been marvelous lately, so last week the girls and I took the camera out to the park for a nature scavenger hunt. I made a list of things for them to find and take pictures of.

3 different leaves
3 sizes of pinecones
3 different colored rocks
berries
something plastic
animal tracks
nut/acorn
feather
stick
something faster than a snail
something that fell out of a tree
3 leaf clover
flower
bug
moss
pine needles
spider web
wasp nest
moth
something with thorns
maple key
nail
mushroom
tree fungus
Y shaped twig
write name with twigs or acorns

Today's Doings

We have speech class this afternoon. The girls are to do a reading or recitation up to 1 minute long. All the girls are doing poems.
Bella has been practicing aloud with me for a couple weeks. The older girls, I've not heard them yet. So hope they can get it together by this afternoon!

My mom and her GFN ( Good Friend Nancy) came up yesterday to pick up my gramma and take her back to Austin for the month of November. Mom and gramma will come back for Thanksgiving, and then go back. My mom runs a baking sweat shop ( not really) in November. She will be putting my gramma to work baking up thousands of cookies for the annual Lone Star open house.

The girls and I will go down the second Friday of December and help set up and serve at the open house. It is fun, the girls really enjoyed helping out last year.

Anyway back to today. After speech class, we have a short meeting for the film club, then we will be going to my gramma's to visit for a while. We might have time to go the library, but I'm not going to stress, I mean it, no stressing.

Not to late!

YUG! This morning for some reason it dawned on me that I once again I am late in starting to plan for the holidays. WHAT? You may ask, well, I'm sure I'm not the only one who says every year that I'm going to start early, involve everyone and actually enjoy the holidays rather than work, stress, and fuss.
This 12 Week Holiday Planner is just the thing to keep me on track. Only I"m starting a month late, ( shhh).

Each week has a list to things to plan, work on,or purchase. And not just Christmas either, but Thanksgiving as well. That is a real bonus. Is it just me or does Thanksgiving seem to get pushed aside? We are all so focused on getting and giving at Christmas, that we often fail to slow down at Thanksgiving to be thankful and worship the One who gives us all things.

Anyway, gift ideas, crafts for the kids and family, a Holiday journal, meal planner plus some recipes. Buy once and use it year after year.

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Heritage Builders Podcast

Passing along a heritage of Christian faith to your family is a parent's highest calling.
Heritage Builders' goal is to encourage and empower you in this great mission with
practical resources and inspiring ideas that really work and help your children develop a lasting love for God. We exist to equip, train and motivate parents to become intentional about building a strong spiritual heritage.

By providing tools that help equip and train parents, Heritage Builders is a successful ministry that reaches around the world. Check out the free podcast family seminar! Also download a free Family Night pack, start building your family's spiritual heritage.

Heritage Builders was founded in 1995 by six parents with a passion for helping others be intentional about passing on a Godly heritage to their children. From 1996-2006, Focus on the Family developed the ministry expanding its resources and presence. Our resources have been featured and offered by Family Life, Promise Keepers, and the Billy Graham Evangelical Association. In 2007, Heritage Builders was spun off to focus on its primary calling of training and equipping parents to pass the faith to the next generation. The ministry not only works with parents but also with and through churches to educate, equip and encourage parents in the spiritual formation process at home.

Scraping History

We have used History Scribe- for elementary and Jr High

And I have History Scholar for High School

Both on sale very inexpensively right now. Each one has areas to draw and to write about the topic. The History Scholar includes a time line on each double page spread, with smaller areas for a notable figure in history, an important event, or whatever student might want to write about. Think of it as scrapbooking history. There are also fairly deep essay questions that can be skipped if you so desire.

In the Kitchen

I got my love of cookbooks from my mother, both of us have way more cookbooks than a person can use, but we love them.
2 years ago I asked for Dining on a Dime for Christmas. My dear husband got it for me. What a great gift!

Lots of down home recipes using real food for real families!
This is a great cookbook to use for beginning cooks. Not only are there recipes, and money saving tips, but also fun kid recipes for face paint, bubbles,and soap crayons. Plus "gifts in a jar" and gift basket suggestions.

Fall into Hot Chocolate

Fall is my favorite season, and with the cooler weather we love to cozy up with a hot chocolate.
Here is a homemade Hot Chocolate mix that my family has used since I was a little girl.


One large Chocolate milk mix powder
One large ( 16 oz) Dry coffee creamer
One box (8 qt size) dry milk powder
One cup sugar

mix together and store in a large Tupperware container. Use 1/3 cup mix and 1 cup hot water.

With the flavored coffee creamers out, you can have hazelnut hot chocolate, vanilla hot chocolate, or amarretto hot chocolate.

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For Sale

Learning At Home Kindergarten by Ann Ward

A Christian parent's guide with day by day lesson plans using the library as a resource. Subject areas covered- Bible, Reading, Math readiness, God's World (science, geography, community), Character building, Health, Manners and Safety, Art, Music, Physical Education, memory skills, stories and field trip suggestions. Recommended by Cathy Duffy, Mary Pride, and Gregg Harris.

I have this 1990 edition spiral-bound book for sale. It retails for around $45.00 and I am selling it for $15.00. It is from a non-smoking home and is in good/fair condition.
I accept Paypal or prompt Money Orders
please email/post is interested,
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SOLD, excellent condition, non smoking pet free home.
Learning Adventures Volume II, A New World of Adventure.

A New World of Adventure is the second volume in the Learning Adventures series. It includes 180 days of lesson plans (1485 pages) for grades 4-8. This curriculum guide consists of three history-based units that include all subjects but math. Each of the three units includes 60 days of lesson plans, and each corresponds to one of the following historical periods:

Unit One - Into a New Land
Unit Two - Life in the Colonies
Unit Three - Revolution and Beyond

Includes a great study of the US Constitution.
Uses library books and the Bible!

SOLD

Fun Freebies!

Currclick is having a treasure hunt for homeschool curriculum freebies until September 22

I have found 19 of them
Starting on the home page:

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Science in Creation Week

In my quest to find a science program for Bella this year I’ve had several ideas, from THIS to THIS. THIS is another very professional free option. But I didn’t really want to print all that out and Office Depot is expensive to print and bind stuff.

I found in my files this chart of the areas of Science that correspond with the days of creation. So I went through and plugged in resources I already had to the areas of science. There are 12 areas which we can spend 3 weeks on each. Some areas I had a lot of resources others not so much. So sometimes we will spend time every day and others only 3 times a week. So THIS is what I have so far.

The I Want to Know More About... series is a set of books I bought at a library sale. I sell Usborne books, (mostly to myself) so I have lots of them. Magic School Bus books would work great too. I only have 1 personally but the library has many and one can use the Dvds. I’m also using any free School Express unit worksheets that coordinate with the topics, but I've not added them to my outline yet.

If you want to use this planning worksheet for your own books HERE it is both in pdf and Word.